On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Colleen Murphy <coll...@puppetlabs.com>
wrote:

>
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 9:14 AM, Corey Bryant <corey.bry...@canonical.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 6:57 PM, Colleen Murphy <coll...@puppetlabs.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I was directed to ask about OpenStack project packaging here. I would
>>> like to see python-openstackclient[1] packaged with the other OpenStack
>>> projects[2] in Ubuntu Cloud Archive. There is a slightly older version in
>>> the standard Ubuntu repo[3] but it makes more sense to have an up-to-date
>>> version in UCA. I'm wondering what the process is for getting those
>>> packages and what kind of schedule there might be relative to the pypi
>>> releases.
>>>
>>> For background, the Puppet-Openstack group is evaluating whether to use
>>> python-openstackclient in the StackForge puppet modules. To do so users
>>> need to be able to install it without pip, and they need to be able to get
>>> it from a repository they already have available. This inquiry is NOT meant
>>> to be a request for the project to be packaged immediately. Rather we're
>>> trying to evaluate whether this will be feasible fairly soon down the road.
>>>
>>> If there is an alternate list or an individual who would be a better
>>> forum for this, please let me know.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Colleen Murphy
>>> Puppet Labs
>>> freenode: crinkle
>>>
>>> [1] https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-openstackclient
>>> [2]
>>> http://reqorts.qa.ubuntu.com/reports/ubuntu-server/cloud-archive/juno_versions.html
>>> [3] http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/python/python-openstackclient
>>>
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>>
>> Hi Colleen,
>>
>> We're planning to provide python-openstackclient in the kilo cloud
>> archive during the current (Ubuntu 15.04) release cycle.  So you'd be able
>> to access that on Ubuntu 14.04 via the UCA.  Keep in mind that it will
>> likely be community supported since the package is in universe and not yet
>> in main.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Corey
>>
> Hi Corey,
>
> Thank you, that is great to know.
>
> What are the implications of it being community supported? Does that mean
> it may not get regular updates?
>
> Colleen
>


Correct, that means that it won't get regular updates after Ubuntu 15.04
releases.  python-openstackclient in the kilo UCA should be considered a
technical preview.  And in a future release we'll look to get it into main
where it would be supported by Canonical.

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Regards,
Corey
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